New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-05

iIIS. lIey were scattered through Cn6
woods, each hunting separately. One
OF the party at length came upon a
racooon that was sitting in one OF the
highest branches of a very tall tree.
He fired at him and missed. One by
one the rest of the party came up and
tried their hand, each missing the dis
tant coon, who grew saucer as they
proceeded. At length Capt. Scott ar
rived, and was in the act Of pulling
trigger, when the coon looked slyly
around the limb and said:
.1."Who are your
s:e'I am Scott"
::..'What Scott?'' ~
81 am Captain Scott
care you Captain Martin scott?"
Y The same.''
"Well," said the coon, Numbering
himself, 'tyou need not shoot; I will
come down"
When twelve years old, Martin
Scott was living at Bennington, vt.
"a bear made its appearance in that
neighborhood, doing great havoc
among the focks. The people or
gained in squads to hunt it. Young
Scott, knowing that his father would
not let him take part in the hunt,
loaded up an old smooth-bore gun,
crawled out Of the house before day
light and went out on his own hook
to hunt the bear. 1t was nearly night
when he came upon the bear, lying ap-
parently asleep just before him. He
raised the gun to his shoulder, fired,
and fortunately reached the vitals of
the beast, and killed him instantly.
When he reached the tavern the hun
ters were all relating their experience.
lie announced that he had killed the
bear, and agreed to show them where
twas. When they found the bear
they constructed a litter on which to
carry it to town, and mounted Martin
on top OF the bear. AS they passed
his fathers house, the old man called
him down, but. unlike the coon, the
#oungster would not come, and the
triumphant crowd told his father he
had killed the bear.
From his earliest days Captain
Scott was remarkably fine shot.
Ills tame ran over several counties,
a)ne day while he was blowing in the
$ield letter was handed him. He
topped his horse, opened the letter
and found that enclosed him a com
mission as Ensign in the United States
Army. To the day of his death he
never knew how this commission came
ito be rendered him. He never an
piled for it, and never thought OF it.
HE accepted it, however, and soon be-
came famous throughout the whole
ARMY as the best shot OF his day.
Here are some stories about his
shooting told upon the authority OF
Colonel r. B. Marcy, Of the United
States Army:
In the presence OF his company an
ace OF clubs was tackled upon a tree.
Capt. Scott measured seventy-five
yards from the tree and took his posi-
ton. With muzzle-loading squirrel
rifle he proposed to see how Quickly
5aey could load and fire three times. He
began, enc in one minute and twenty
seconds had loaded and fired three
shots at the card. This was yerv
s'aask work, forcing him to take drop
light and fire tantaneouslv. Col.
NANCY Wenttto examine the target and
t0lamd 0ne hole exactly in the center.
he remarked, however, that the other
two shots had missed the tree entire
~ Capt.AScott smiled, called for,an
! ak, dug into the tree, and found the
threeTballs embedded. in a single hole.
Col. Marcy says he has seen officers
who vouch for having seen Capt. Scott
do this He would take two pota-
toes, throw them into the air success
siyely, and put a pistol bali through
both OF them as they crossed in the
air, one :aaing up and one coming
down.
Naturally this was the sort Of a man
that q fellow would not like to fight q
duel with, snd yet he had a great
many His first duet was under be-
cullar circum stances He was sta
toned on the frontier at the military
post Of council Bluffs. The army OF
.fcers were then. as they are not nov.
spnd Of q social glass, ard addicted to
playing They considered a man
abstailaed entirely from the like
lgences ais lacking in the proper
Captain Scott never drank a
liquor In his life, and never
game OF cards and, while he
al III has intercourse with his
Ulcers, MAS exceedingly par
in his Own personal exfens-
Ulcers of the post took um-s
is, and ually withdrew
ercourse with him, until
coventry by all saxe
OF his most intimate az.
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